2023 is due to feature a litany of new faces at critical quarterback positions around the country. Four of the country’s top five Heisman vote-getting quarterbacks from 2022 are gone, the nation’s top four programs of the playoff era are all slated to have new starters, and most of the familiar faces returning to the start play for programs that, frankly, would take a surprising turn of events to be able to contend for a title.

It’s a formula that makes for a necessary check-in on these new …